Science, Technology and Innovation Policy (STIP) Forum and Monthly Lecture Series
New initiatives such as ‘Make in India, ‘Skill India’, Digital India’ and ‘Start Up India’ call for harnessing science, technology and innovation to meet multiple objectives. The central role of innovation in furthering economic development and employment generation is obvious. The government and the political leadership have also shown eagerness to make India a global leader in science and technology so that the gains from S&T could result in positive outcomes in different sectors including industry, agriculture, health care and education. This necessitates using the potential of national innovation system comprising R&D institutions, including universities, technology institutions, industry, government and other policy making bodies.
RIS as a policy research think tank, is committed to explore and understand science-society connect. Keeping this broad perspective in view, RIS, in collaboration with India Habitat Centre (IHC), and prominent institutions working on S&T issues, including The Energy Research Institute (TERI), Indo-French Centre for the Promotion of Advanced Research (IFCPAR/CEFIPRA) and Vigyan Prasar has launched the Science Technology and Innovation Policy (STIP) Forum in August 2017..
The STIP Forum has been founded with objectives, inter alia, of promoting informed debate on various aspects of Science, Technology and Innovation Policy. Keeping this in mind a Lecture Series (Since September 2017) aimed at the broader public is being organized. The STIP Forum will also bridge the gap between the science and society through dissemination of information on developments in S&T as well as through kindling debate of societal aspirations and expectations from S&T and Innovation. Under the Monthly Lecture Series, a partner institution will take the lead to organize a lecture by a distinguished expert.
| Lecture No. |
Topic of the Lecture |
Name of the Speaker and Chair | Date |
| 1. | Sustainable Development: Role of Science, Technology and Innovation | Speaker: Dr.R.Chidambaram, PSA, Government of India | 26 September 2017 |
| 2. | Leveraging Technology and Orchestrating Policy for Future Urban Mobility | Speaker: Dr. V. Sumantran, Chairman of Celeris Technologies Chair: Dr. Ajay Mathur, Director General, TERI Discussant : Puneet Goyal, Municipal Commissioner of South Delhi |
30 October 2017 |
| 3. | Technology and Indian Foreign Policy: Trends and Opportunities | Speaker: Dr. Bhaskar Balakrishnan, former Diplomat Chair:Dr.R.Chidambaram, Principal Scientific Adviser to Government of India |
30 November 2017 |
| 4. | Reversing Climate Change with the Molten-salt Technologies. | Speaker: Dr. Frank Shu, Eminent Astrophysicist, Retired from UC Berkeley and the National Tsinghua University, Taiwan Chair: Dr. Jairam Ramesh, Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) |
21 December 2017 |
| 5. |
Technologies and Strategies for Achieving Excellence in Health Care for Indian Masses. |
Speaker: Dr. Vishwa Mohan Katoch, Former Secretary, Department of Health Research (DHR), Govt of India and Ex. Director-General, Indian Council of Medical Research Chair:Prof. Vinod K. Paul, Member, NITI Aayog, GOI |
15 January 2018 |
| 6. | The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Imperatives for India. | Speaker: Dr. Anurag Agrawal, Director, Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB) Chair: Dr. Kiran Karnik, Former President, NASSCOM, President, India Habitat Centre |
27 February 2018 |
| 7. | Innovative financial models for scaling-up energy efficiency in India’ | Speaker: Mr. Saurabh Kumar, Managing Director, Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) Chair: Shri Ashok Lavasa, Election Commissioner of India |
6 March 2018 |
| 8. | The Future of Toilet and Sewage Treatment: Innovation for Sustainability | Speaker: Prof. Kartik Chandran, Columbia University, USA and Prof. Chris Buckley, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Moderator: Dr. Chandra Bhushan, DDG, CSE |
18 May 2018 |
| 9. |
Science, Technology and Innovation in Building a Knowledge Economy |
Speaker: Prof. K. VijayRaghavan,Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India Moderator: Amb.Dr.Bhaskar Balakrishnan,Former Indian Diplomat and Science Diplomacy(Fellow), RIS |
19 June 2018 |
| 10. | Speaker: Prof. Ashutosh Sharma, Secretary, Department of Science & Technology, Govt. of India Moderator: Dr. V.K. Saraswat, Member, NITI Aayog, Govt. of India |
13 July, 2018 |
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| 11 |
STIP Forum Lecture: Pulse Revolution for Addressing Protein Malnutrition |
Speaker: Dr. Trilochan Mohapatra, Secretary, Department of Agricultural Research and Education & Director Genral, ICR Chair: Dr. Rajender Singh Paroda, Former DG,ICR and Chairman, Trust for Advancement of Agricultural Science (TAAS) |
7 August 2018 |
| 12 | Frugal Innovation for Health Care | Speaker: Prof. Balram Bhargava, Secretary, DHR, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India & DG, ICMR Chair: Dr. Rajiv Kumar, Vice Chairman, National Institution for Transforming India (NITI Aayog). |
10 September 2018 |
| 13 |
Science, Technology and Innovation for Development: Role of Science Diplomacy. |
Speakers: Dr. Sune Kaur-Pedersen,Counsellor, Research & Innovation/Deputy Head, Innovation Centre, Embassy of Denmark, India, & Ms. Tania Friederichs, R&I Counsellor for India & Bhutan, Delegation of the European Union to India. |
31 October 2018 |
| 14. | IPCC's 1.5-degree Report and the Future of the Paris Agreement: A debate on Science and Politics of Climate Change |
Topic: IPCC's 1.5-degree Report and the Future of the Paris Agreement: A debate on Science and Politics of Climate Change.
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13 November, 2018 |
| 15. | "The Importance of Design in Building Sustainable Cities" |
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12 December, 2018 |
| 16. | "Science Movements in India" |
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10 January, 2019 |
| 17. | "Science, Technology, and Society: The Challenge of Reaching Out" |
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15 February 2019 |
| 18. | Development of Solar Energy in India |
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12 March 2019 |
| 19. | Response to emerging infectious diseases in the context of urbanization and global warming: where is the Science gone? |
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22 April 2019 |
| 20. | Relationship between S&T and Evolution in Methods of Knowledge Production |
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7 June 2019 |
| 21 |
21st STIP Lecture: Why India Needs to Strengthen its Quality Infrastructure? |
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12 July 2019 |
| 22 | Financing Renewable and Clean-tech |
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12 August 2019 |
| 23 |
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19 September 2019 | |
| 24 |
Innovation and policy in the Energy Revolution: some insights from Europe |
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03 October 2019 |
| 25 | IT Skills Training through Spoken Tutorials for Education and Employment |
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18 November 2019 |
| 26 | Vision and Works of Patrick Geddes: His Relevance in Today’s World |
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18 December 2019 |
| 27 | Space Technology & Applications for Development. |
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10 January 2020 |
| 28 | Engaging with Energy Innovation: A Personal Perspective |
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28 February 2020 |
| 29 |
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30 September, 2020 | |
| 30 | Understanding Black Holes |
Speaker: Dr. Somak Raychaudhury, Director, Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), Pune Chair : Prof. Patrick Das Gupta, Professor of Physics and Astrophysics, University of Delhi |
3 November 2020 |
| 31 | The Art of Science in the Brave New World |
Speaker: Prof. Ashutosh Sharma, Secretary, DST Chair : Dr. R. Ramanan, Mission Director, Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), NITI Aayog |
17 December 2020 |
| 32 |
Speaker: Prof. Deepak B. Phatak, Emeritus Professor, IIT-Bombay Chair : Dr. Kiran Karnik, Chairman, ReBIT and Former President, NASSCOM |
23 January 2021 | |
| 33 |
Speaker: Mr. Amit Sharma, Managing Director, Tata Consulting Engineers Limited Chair : Mr. Ajay Shankar, Distinguished Fellow, TERI |
26 February 2021 | |
| 34 | Building Innovation Ecosystem in Educational Institutions |
Speaker: Dr. Abhay Jere, Chief Innovation Officer, Ministry of Education, Government of India convener: Dr. Nakul Parashar, Director, Vigyan Prasar |
24 March 2021 |
| 35 | COVID-19: Urgent Need Beyond the ICU, the hospital and the Short-Term |
Speaker: Dr. Amitava Banerjee, Associate Professor in Clinical Data Science, University College London (UK) and Honorary Consultant Cardiologist, University College London Hospitals Chair: Prof. K. Srinath Reddy, President, PHFI |
25 May 2021 |
| 36 | Science & Technology and the Pandemic |
Speaker: Dr Renu Swarup, Secretary, Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India chair: Dr. Vibha Dhawan, Director-General, TERI |
5 August 2021 |
| 37 | Food Processing and Rural Economy: Technological Options for Farmers and Self-Help Groups (SHGs) |
Speaker: Dr.Ashutosh Upadhyay, Professor Department of Food Science and Tech. and Dean Academic, National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management (NIFTEM) convener: Dr. Debapriya Dutta, Sc. 'G' and Head, SEED Division and National Geospatial Program, DST, Government of India |
29 September 2021 |
| 38 | Growth of Solar Physics in India from Ground and Space-based Platforms |
Speaker: Prof. Dipankar Banerjee, Director, Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (Uttarakahnd) Chair: Prof. Arnab Rai Choudhri, Dept. of Physics, IISc, Bengaluru |
29 October 2021 |
| 39 | Realising Energy Swarajya in India through Solar: Towards Ensuring Energy Security and Climate Change Mitigation |
Speaker: Professor Chetan Singh Solanki, Professor, IIT Bombay and Founder, Energy Swaraj Foundation Chair: Dr. Bhaskar Balakrishnan, Science Diplomacy Fellow, RIS |
22 December 2021 |
| 40 | Translational Research through Traditional Medicines for Holistic Health Care |
Speaker: Vaidya Rajesh Kotecha, Secretary, Ministry of AYUSH Chair: Dr. Nakul Parashar, Director, Vigyan Prasar |
23 February 2022 |
| 41 | Enabling the Global Energy Transition: India in the World |
Speaker: Dr. Ajay Mathur, Director General, International Solar Alliance Chair: Dr. Vibha Dhawan, Director General, TERI |
28 February 2022 |
| 42 | Rewiring the Brain: Is it Possible? |
Speaker: Dr. K Sridhar, Honorary Secretary, Neurological Society of India Chair: Dr. Nakul Parashar, Director, Vigyan Prasar |
28 March 2022 |
| 43 | Why Invest in Research on Brain Sciences? |
Speaker: Mr. Senapathy Gopalakrishnan (Kris). Co-Founder and Former Vice-Chairman, Infosys, Chairman, Axilor Ventures and Chairman, CII AI Forum and CII Start-up Council Chair: Professor K VijayRaghavan, Former Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India |
28 April 2022 |
| 44 | Policy Challenges of Sustainability |
Speaker: Mr. Nitin Desai, former Under Secretary General for Economic and Social Affairs, UN and Chairman, Governing Council, TERI Chair: Dr. Vibha Dhawan, Director General, TERI |
28 June 2022 |
| 45 | Status of Marine litter and Microplastic pollution along the Indian coast- the need of a National Marine Litter Policy |
Speaker: Dr Pravakar Mishra, Senior Scientist, National Centre for Coastal Research (NCCR) Chair: Dr. Nakul Parashar, Director, Vigyan Prasar |
30 August 2022 |
| 46 | Emerging High Seas Treaty and Marine Biodiversity |
Speaker: Dr. Bhaskar Balakrishnan, Former Ambassador of India and Science Diplomacy Fellow, RIS Chair: Mr. Sunit Tandon,Director, India Habitat Centre |
30 December 2022 |
| 47 | Digital Sovereignty and Data Governance in Times of Geopolitical Rivalry |
Speaker: Professor Dr Ingrid Schneider , Professor of Political Science, Department of Informatics, University of Hamburg, Germany Chair: Dr. Bhaskar Balakrishnan,Science Diplomacy Fellow, RIS |
24 January 2023 |
| 48 | "Elimination of Cervical Cancer: Initiatives in India" |
Speaker: Dr Shalini Singh, Director, ICMR- National Institute of Cancer Prevention and Research, Noida Chair: Dr Nakul Parashar, Director, Vigyan Prasar |
31 March 2023 |
| 49 | Role of Significance of National Quantum Mission in India's Development |
Speaker: Professor Urbasi Sinha, Head, Quantum Information and Computing Lab, Raman Research Institute, Bengaluru Chair: Professor Ashutosh Sharma, President, INSA and Former Secratary, DST, Government of India |
1 June 2023 |
| 50 | From Developing India@75 to Developed Bharat@100 Vision and Roadmap for Science, Technology and Innovation during Amrit Kaal |
Speaker: Dr Raghunath Anant Mashelkar, FRS Former Director General, CSIR; Former President, Global Research Alliance and Indian National Science Academy |
21 November 2023 | Time: 15.00-16.30 IST |
| 51 | Connecting the unconnected in 5G and Beyond |
Speaker: Prof Abhay Karandikar, Secretary, Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India |
9 April 2024 | Time: 6.30 IST |